Grouped Message Management via Representative Items
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing messaging applications manage messages chronologically, making it inconvenient for users to search, manage, or delete specific messages, as they need to verify each message sequentially.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that classify messages into groups based on content, creating a representative item for each group, allowing users to manage messages more efficiently by providing grouped messages with associated functions like deletion, tracking, and statistical information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If messages are managed chronologically in sequential order, then messages are saved and displayed in order from latest to oldest, but users need to verify each message sequentially to search for or manage specific messages, increasing time consumption and reducing operational efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments messages into different groups based on their content, senders, or other criteria. Instead of displaying all messages in a single chronological list, the system divides them into multiple categorized groups (e.g., by sender, by topic, by importance). This allows users to directly navigate to relevant message groups without sequentially checking each message, thereby reducing time consumption and improving management efficiency.
2Loss of information
If messages are displayed in a single chronological list, then all messages are visible in order, but the message list becomes complex and difficult to navigate when the number of messages increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by organizing messages into multiple grouped lists based on different criteria (e.g., by sender, by topic, by time period). Each grouped list contains only messages relevant to that category, making the structure more manageable and easier to navigate. Users can switch between different grouped lists to access specific types of messages without being overwhelmed by a single comprehensive chronological list.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an additional organizational dimension beyond chronological ordering. Instead of a single-dimensional time-based list, the system creates multi-dimensional grouping (e.g., by sender, by topic, by importance level). This allows users to access messages through different dimensions depending on their needs, reducing the perceived complexity of the message list structure while maintaining full accessibility.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided are a method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for providing a message based on a group unit. A message providing method includes classifying a message received at a user terminal into a predefined group; creating a representative item of the group using a message included in the group; and providing message items through a message list in message box that includes the message received at the user terminal by including the representative item as an item associated with the group and by grouping messages included in the group in the message list.